Section 251: Substance of accusation to be stated

The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973Central Act · 1973

Repealed. This text is published for reference. It is not in force, and it should not be relied on as current law without checking what replaced it. Repealed by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, with effect from 1 July 2024

When in a summons-case the accused appears or is brought before the Magistrate, the particulars of the offence of which he is accused shall be stated to him, and he shall be asked whether he pleads guilty or has any defence to make, but it shall not be necessary to frame a formal charge.

STATE AMENDMENT

Chhattisgarh

In Section 251 of the Principal Act, after the word "bought before the Magistrate" the following shall be added :--

"Or appears through the medium of electronic video linkage in the presence of his pleader in the Court".

[Vide Chhattisgarh Act 13 of 2006, s. 6]

Where this provision sits

Act	The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
Section	251
Marginal note	Substance of accusation to be stated
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	Repealed
Judgments citing it	489

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CRR/2626/2022 of REBA KALYAN MITRA Vs THE HOWRAH MOTOR COMPANY PRIVATE LIMITEDCalcutta High Court · 2025-12-19
CRM(M)/594/2024 of MOHAMMAD MUZAFFAR LONE Vs MANZOOR AHMAD BHATHigh Court of Jammu and Kashmir · 2025-11-25
A482/9896/2025 of ABHISHEK SONI Vs STATE OF U.P. THRU. ITS PRIN. SECY. HOME DEPTT. LKO. AND ANOTHERAllahabad High Court · 2025-11-21
CRLA/99/2010 of THE STATE OF A.P., REP BY PP., Vs NALLAPILI KRISHNA KUMAR,High Court of Andhra Pradesh · 2025-11-02

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